An Evening with NPL Faculty Director Dr. Chao Guo

Join Dr. Chao Guo, NPL Faculty Director, and Adam Roth-Saks, NPL Administrative Director to learn more about the program and have any of your final program questions answered. Chao Guo is Professor of Nonprofit Management. He received his PhD in Public Administration from the University of Southern California, and his BA in International Relations from Renmin University of China. Chao’s research interests focus on the intersection between nonprofit and voluntary action and government. More specifically, he conducts research on the contributions of nonprofit organizations to democratic governance, collaboration within and across sectors, social entrepreneurship, and the role and effects of new media on nonprofit organizations. Chao is actively involved in professional and community service activities. At Penn, he serves as Faculty Director of Penn Restorative Entrepreneurship Program (PREP), an innovative program geared towards helping formerly incarcerated individuals become entrepreneurs, participate in civic engagement, and advocate for social justice. He is also the President of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), a diverse community of scholars, educators, and practice leaders that strengthens the field of nonprofit and philanthropic research in order to improve civil society and human life.